The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-12
ARTICLE VIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTION.

SEC. |. Every male citizen twenty-ol o
years of age, possessing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote mt
all elections:
FirSt.-He shall have been a citizen of
the United States at least one month.
Second.-He shall have resided in the State
one year, (or if having previously been q
qualified elector or native born citizen of
the State he shall have renewed theretorm
and returned, then six months,) imme Vi
ately preceding the election.
Third.-He shall have resided in the
election district where he offers to vote at
least two months Immediately preceding
the election.
FOu1th.-If twenty-five years of age or
upwards, he shall have paid within two
years State or county tax which shall
have been assessed at least two months and
paid at least one month before election.
SEC. 2. The General election shall / g
held annually on the Tuesday next follow
ing the first Monday of November, but
the General Assembly may, by law, fix a
differont day, two-thirds of all the men,
bers of each House consenting thereto.
l also give official notice of the follow
| ing provisions of an act approved the Both
of March, 1866, entitled "An act regula-
ting the mode of voting at all the elections
| of this Commonwealth"
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives of The Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General AS
| sembly met, and il is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same. That the quail
ifed voters OF the several cou mites of this
/ Commonwealth, at all general, township
borough and special elections are hereby
hereafter authorized and required to vote
| by tickets printed or written, or partly
printed and partly written, severally elias
sified as follows: One ticket shall embrac'
the names of alljudges of courts voted for
and shall be labeled Judiciary; !" on,
ticket shall embrace the names of all th'
State officers voted for and be labeled
estate - one ticket shall embrace tht
names of all the county officers voted for
including Office of Senator and member o
Assembly, If voted for, and member o
, Congress-, if voted for, and he labeled
County - one ticket shall embrace th'
names If all the township officers Vote'
for, and he labeled "Township :" on
ticket shall embrace the names of all tn
borough officers voted for and be labele
Borough" and each class shall be depos
tied in separate ballot boxes.
| Notice is hereby given, That any perso
excepting Justices of the Peace who shal
Q hold any office or appointment of profit G
trust under the United States, or tn
e State, or any city or corporated distric
| whether commissioned officer or othel
; wise, a subordinate officer or agent wh
= is or shall be employed under the legisli
ture, executive or Judiciary department
:. this Stale, or in any city, or OF any inco
r porated district. and also that every men
r Der of Congress and of the State Legisl
turc, or of the select or common counC
lf of any city, or commissioners of any II
" corpnrated district, is by law incapable
holding or exercising at the time, Il
)f Office or appointment of judge, inspect'
" or clerk of any election in this COmmO
wealth. and that no inspector, Judge
B. other officer of such election shall be elil
4 ble to he then voted for.
as The Judges of the aforesaid distriC
shall repTesentatively take charge of /
e. certificates of return of the election
es their respective districts, and produ
Of them at the Prothonotary's office in I
III Borough of rionesta, as follows: ~
er Judges living within twelve miles of {
lg ProthOnotarY's office, or within tweni
e. four miles if their residence be i'm tow
e. village or city Vpon the line of Iailro
n leading TO the county seat, shall before {
ed o'clock p. m. on WEDN ESDAY, n
lis VENEER NINTH, 1887, and al otl
sc judges shall before twelve o'clock, M,
no TIL URSDAY, NOVEMBER TENT
es lo67, deliver said returns, together W
ii the return sheets, 10 the Prothonotary
rd the Court of Common Pleas of For
ne county, which said return shall be fill
m, and the day and hour of filing mark
rd therein. and shall be preserved by
all ProthonOtary for public inspection.
OF Given under my hand at my office in I
to nesta, Pa, this 9th day of Septemh
in the year OF our Lord one thousG
lrs eight hundred and eighty-seven, and
ed the one hundred and twelfth year Of
act Independence of the United States.
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